Saturday 21st April 1917

Trenches in the Hill 60 sub-sector, opposite the Caterpillar

Conditions were again quiet, with nothing recorded in the War Diary. A fine, warm day. Overnight one of the Battalion sentries spotted a German patrol close to the British lines; he opened fire and killed one of the Germans. The body was later recovered by the British and identification obtained.

Cpl. George Wallace Fricker (see 31^st March) reported sick; he was suffering from myalgia and would be treated first at 70^th Field Ambulance at Waratah Camp, near Poperinghe before being transferred to 23^rd Divisional Rest Station at the same location.

After six weeks treatment for scabies Pte. Fred Heppinstall (see 9^th March) was discharged from 4^th Stationery Hospital at Arques and returned to duty.

Pte. Leonard Ellis (see 17^th October 1916) was evacuated to England for treatment to severe wounds to his right forearm; it is not known exactly when he had sustained the wounds.